Construction Timeline
Dates of interest
August 2005: Groundbreaking for the new hospital
October 2006: Parking structure for 633 vehicles completed at corner of Pueblo & Castillo Streets
June 2007: Parking structure for 500 employee vehicles opens on Bath Street
July 2007: Orfalea Children’s Center opens offering childcare programs for infants up to pre-K.
Fall 2008: Completion of the new Energy Center
July 9, 2009: “Topping Out” Ceremony to place one of the final structural steel beams onto the future diagnostic & treatment center.
Now in progress: Construction of two patient pavilions along Pueblo Street, between Castillo Street and Oak Park Lane, and the diagnostic & treatment center on Junipero St.
By 2011: Patients and staff will begin moving into the new pavilions. Construction expected to begin on the third pavilion and renovation of several existing buildings.
What we've done since September 2005 . . .
- Built and opened the new 633-space Pueblo Parking Structure for patients, visitors, volunteers and physicians. It includes bicycle facilities for staff (to encourage alternative transportation) and the Park Place Deli, open to all (see story on page 20).
- Built and opened a new 530-space parking structure behind the Knapp Building for hospital employees.
- Constructed an $8 million underground storm drain culvert beneath four blocks, to protect the neighborhood from flood waters. We've also done extensive underground utility work in preparation for bringing the Energy Center online.
- Built and opened the Orfalea Children's Center on Castillo, providing a delightful and expanded setting for Cottage's highly regarded employee child- care programs.
- Opened the Cottage Center for Advanced Imaging, a sophisticated outpatient radiology center at 2410 Fletcher Avenue.
- Constructed the $38 million Energy Center (power plant) at the corner of Junipero and Bath Street. At press time, the building with all of its functions was in preparation to go live.
View the construction progress on our live webcam.